At a regional meeting in the city of Stollberg in southeastern Saxony on Jan. 25, activists from “Land schafft Verbindung” (LSV, “Countryside Creates Connection”), an initiative of farmers and mayors of the region, discussed and passed a petition for which they will gather signatures now among citizens of Saxony.
The “Stollberg Declaration” is comprised of 12 demands, going beyond strictly agrarian concerns, such as point 10 for a shift of developing-sector policy to a new approach that puts the genuine interest of the developing nations at the center. That opens the door to a real discussion about cooperation with the Global South.
